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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Broncos

The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Broncos

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My latest choice cut once again comes from a band featuring a man for whom we are amazed there are enough hours in the day to cater for all the various projects in which he is involved… Michael Smyth, something of a fairly ubiquitous figure on the Belfast scene, seems to have been in more bands than some of us have had pints on a Saturday night, but as if that wasn’t enough to keep him busy he is one of the hardest working promoters and press agents we know, constantly bombarding our inbox with details of bright shiny new acts to attract our magpie-like attention to such things…

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Time Rift ‘In Flight’ (Dying Victims Productions)

Time Rift ‘In Flight’ (Dying Victims Productions)

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It’s crazy to think that some of the great songs on classic rock are approaching the age where they would be picking up their bus pass and heading down to the post office to draw out the week’s pension. Yet somehow these songs still excite generations of rock music fans, with kids still finding the likes of Zeppelin and Motörhead in their parents (or grandparents) music collections and rocking out! Hell, the stuff that makes classic rock so special is still present in modern music, with new bands cropping up dedicating themselves to the stylings of ’60s and ’70s greats – a “new wave of classic rock”, if you will. It seems that the aptly named Time Rift are one such band, who emerged in the dark times of 2020 to bring us life and comfort with their debut album ‘Eternal Rock’ and are here again with the much anticipated follow up, ‘In Flight’. The seatbelt light is lit, so it’s time for me to buckle up and experience this Time Rift Sensation!

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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Breichiau Hir

The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Breichiau Hir

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Monk’s latest selection is something a little bit extra special as it comes from one of the (less than a) handful of who sing in their beautiful native language of Welsh. ‘Cuddio Tu Ôl Y Llen’ (which translates into heathen English as ‘Hiding Behind The Curtain’) is the lead track to be lifted from the Cardiff-based sextet’s upcoming second album, ‘Y Dwylo Uwchben’.

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The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Bonnie Trash

The Über Rock Singles Club Daily Pick – Bonnie Trash

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To say that twin sisters Emmalia and Sarafina Bortolon-Vettor are fascinated, obsessed if not haunted by death, and are wrapped up in its darkly cold embrace, would perhaps be the singular biggest understatement of the year so far, as the latest album from this Canadian darkened shoegaze/post-punk drone project is all about the subject – not in the macabre, violent, or outrageous sense, but as you or I might know it: a spectre lurking around the corner, capricious, indiscriminate, unexpected, ordinary, and all the more terrifying for it.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK – ACID AGE

VIDEO OF THE WEEK – ACID AGE

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Right from the outset Monk has to state his business (sic) and admit that, having once dubbed them “one of the Titanic Trio of the three worst thrash bands on the island of Ireland”, this Belfast-based “war jazz” trio are one of those bands he loved to hate, and hated to love, but now loves to love – and this totally brilliant slice of audio-visual lunacy emphasizes his gradual change in affections for the beys.

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Autarkh/Farer/Alkahest – Haarlem, Patronaat – 12 January 2025

Autarkh/Farer/Alkahest – Haarlem, Patronaat – 12 January 2025

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One thing that’s pretty great about being in a social group where everyone takes their support of bands quite seriously is that there’s a never-ending stream of recommendations that get thrown your way and Autarkh was the latest of them for our man Jase W. As such he landed back in Haarlem for them heading up Patronaat’s Stage Three! Along for the ride were Farer and Alkhahest to round off an evening of noisy Dutch metal. Jase has been doing as much as he can to get stuck into the local bands since moving here so this was another chance to get that little bit more familiar with the underrated metal scene in the Netherlands.

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The Über Rock Singles Club – Jaunty January (Part Two)

The Über Rock Singles Club – Jaunty January (Part Two)

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We may be only little more than halfway through the first month of the new rock ‘n’ roll year, but things are already hectic busy here at ÜRHQ, with new releases galore already competing for that coveted inclusion either here on the main #SinglesClub playlist or as one of our #DailyPick selections. So, with that in mind, let’s crank the amps up to neighbour-annoying volume and dive straight into our second full selection of 2025, shall we?

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